Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist

The Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine and the Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago are seeking a full-time non-tenure-eligible Clinician-Educator at the rank of Assistant Professor or Associate Professor. This position is intended for a Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist who will join a multidisciplinary child and adolescent psychiatry department in a nationally ranked, freestanding children's hospital located on the medical school campus.

Responsibilities of this position include 1: providing direct clinical care to children and adolescents receiving care on medical and surgical inpatient services as well as outpatient clinics at Lurie Children's, where palliative care as well as both acute and chronic pain are a focus of the clinical care 2: Teaching and mentoring in multidisciplinary child health and mental health training programs 3: engagement in research or other scholarly activities as well as sharing in the on-call coverage within the inpatient psychiatry program. This position is expected to be 80% Clinical and 20% Research, which can be negotiated depending on grant activity and funding.

Qualified candidates will have experience and have excelled in teaching with a commitment to participating in an academic medical center environment. Crisis evaluation and treatment experience (ideally pediatric hospital-based) and board certified or eligible in child and adolescent psychiatry required. A documented record of academic productivity/potential, including peer-reviewed publications and grant applications is required. Candidates must have an MD or MD/PhD. Special consideration will be given to candidates who have experience (or training) in palliative care for children and adolescents. Fluency in Spanish would be a plus. Hiring is contingent upon eligibility to work in the United States and licensure in Illinois. Licensure in Illinois and Lurie Children's medical staff membership are required before starting work.

Rank and salary are commensurate with qualifications and experience. This is a full-time position. Start date immediate after licensure in Illinois. Applications will be evaluated as received. The start date is negotiable, and the position will remain open until filled.

The expected base pay range for this position is $262,000-$340,588

Northwestern University has provided a pay range representing its good faith estimate of what the university reasonably expects to pay for the position. The pay offered to the selected candidate will be determined based on factors including (but not limited to) the experience and qualifications of the selected candidate including years since terminal degree, training, and field or discipline; departmental budget availability; internal comparators; and external market pay for comparable jobs.

This is a position at Lurie Children's Hospital, however the initial application is made online through Northwestern University.

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